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Home Research Research Library Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey Training Family Medicine Residents to Perform Home Visits: A CERA Survey 2017 Author(s) Sairenji, T, Wilson, S A, D'Amico, F, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education BACKGROUND : Home visits have been shown to improve quality of care, save money, and improve outcomes. Primary care physicians are in an ideal position to provide these visits; of note, the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education no longer requires home visits as a component of family medicine residency training. OBJECTIVE : To investigate changes in home visit numbers and expectations, attitudes, and approaches to training among family medicine residency program directors. METHODS : This research used the Council of Academic Family Medicine Educational Research Alliance (CERA) national survey of family medicine program directors in 2015. Questions addressed home visit practices, teaching and evaluation methods, common types of patient and visit categories, and barriers. RESULTS : There were 252 responses from 455 possible respondents, representing a response rate of 55%. At most programs, residents performed 2 to 5 home visits by graduation in both 2014 (69% of programs, 174 of 252) and 2015 (68%, 172 of 252). The vast majority (68%, 172 of 252) of program directors expect less than one-third of their graduates to provide home visits after graduation. Scheduling difficulties, lack of faculty time, and lack of resident time were the top 3 barriers to residents performing home visits. CONCLUSIONS : There appeared to be no decline in resident-performed home visits in family medicine residencies 1 year after they were no longer required. Family medicine program directors may recognize the value of home visits despite a lack of few formal curricula. ABFM Research Read all 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
Author(s) Sairenji, T, Wilson, S A, D'Amico, F, and Peterson, Lars E Topic(s) Education & Training, and What Family Physicians Do Keyword(s) Geriatric Care, and Graduate Medical Education Volume Journal of Graduate Medical Education Source Journal of Graduate Medical Education
ABFM Research Read all 1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence 2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination 2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
1999 Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence Go to Patients don’t present with five choices: an alternative to multiple-choice tests in assessing physicians’ competence
2015 The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination Go to The Predictive Validity of the ABFM’s In-Training Examination
2024 Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022 Go to Underlying reasons for primary care visits where chlamydia testing was performed in the United States, 2019-2022
2008 Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator Go to Adding conversational interviews to a patient simulator
